The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, Book Three) (44 page)

Tas
“Bind”

Ankh:
a hieroglyphic symbol for life

Ba:
one of the five parts of the soul: the personality

Barque:
the pharaoh’s boat

Canopic jar:
vessel used to store mummy’s organs

Criosphinx:
a creature with a body of a lion and head of a ram

Duat:
magical realm that coexists with our world

Hieroglyphics:
the writing system of Ancient Egypt, which used symbols or pictures to denote objects, concepts, or sounds

Ib:
one of the five parts of the soul: the heart

Isfet:
the symbol for total Chaos

Ka:
one of the five parts of the soul: the life force

Khopesh:
a sword with a hook-shaped blade

Ma’at:
order of the universe

Netjeri
blade:
a knife made from meteoric iron for the opening of the mouth in a ceremony

Per Ankh:
the House of Life

Pharaoh:
a ruler of Ancient Egypt

Rekhet:
healer

Ren:
one of the five parts of the soul: the secret name; identity

Sarcophagus:
a stone coffin, often decorated with sculpture and inscriptions

Sau:
a charm maker

Scarab:
beetle

Shabti:
a magical figurine made out of clay

Shen:
eternal; eternity

Sheut:
one of the five parts of the soul: the shadow; can also mean statue

Sistrum:
bronze noisemaker

Tjesu heru:
a snake with two heads—one on its tail—and dragon legs

Tyet:
the symbol of Isis

Anubis:
the god of funerals and death

Apophis:
the god of Chaos

Babi:
the baboon god

Bast:
the cat goddess

Bes:
the dwarf god

Disturber:
a god of judgment who works for Osiris

Geb:
the earth god

Gengen-Wer:
the goose god

Hapi:
the god of the Nile

Heket:
the frog goddess

Horus:
the war god, son of Isis and Osiris

Isis:
the goddess of magic, wife of her brother Osiris and mother of Horus

Khepri:
the scarab god, Ra’s aspect in the morning

Khonsu:
the moon god

Mekhit:
minor lion goddess, married to Onuris

Neith:
the hunting goddess

Nekhbet:
the vulture goddess

Nut:
the sky goddess

Osiris:
the god of the Underworld, husband of Isis and father of Horus

Ra:
the sun god, the god of order. Also known as Amun-Ra.

Sekhmet:
the lion goddess

Serqet:
the scorpion goddess

Set:
the god of evil

Shu:
the air god, great-grandfather of Anubis

Sobek:
the crocodile god

Tawaret:
the hippo goddess

Thoth:
the god of knowledge